You should check ITU-R BS.1387 and psychoacoustic models used in audio
encoders (for example those used in MPEG1 Layer 3).
> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:03:48 +0000
> From: Chris Share <cshare01@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: General Question about the Perception of Transients
>
> I guess what I'm really asking is, are there any DSP approaches to
> transient analysis that are analogs of the hearing mechanism?